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Paul appeared in a white space, there was a desk with several small boxes on it, a chair, and a door with Another World written on it, the door also had a padlock and chains and above it the words 'updating' were hovering.
He sat at the desk and opened a box, it unfolded and a number of folders appeared on the desk, "last files accessed from external device" Paul said, many folders vanished leaving one, it was the same as last time, his game log had been copied and judging from the time this time it was definitely not Jack, it must be Mari.
After checking the Another world door he found the update would take hours, although he played the game he didn't know that much about it, he knew it was the best around the top of triple A games, but that was it. He spent several hours just watching videos and browsing random stuff, then logged out.
When the capsule opened Jack was already waiting for him,
"you're early Jack, had an easy day?"
Jack chuckles "you were my only client today and another world is still offline so i figured you'd be out early, by the way the steak was out of this world"
"what steak?"
"the one you made yesterday, when you told me you were at Grand-master i had to come and try your cooking, how could i not"
"that was you?! you looked so different i thought you were Military with the short hair and all"
"well in the game i can show off my personality in how I fight, out here i dress to impress"
Paul laughed as Jack dressed him and took care of his needs,
"Paul um... I wasn't going to say anything but... it's about Mari, she seems... how can i put this? under qualified? i mean we are trained to not even flinch no matter how bad the client is but..."
"yeah" Paul started "i'm pretty sure she's a fake"
"what?! what do you mean?!"
"you know about my accident right?" Jack nods "well the truly painful part came after....."
Paul describes the fragmented memories of the aftermath, being in intensive care, being so young he never even considered about medical insurance so his treatment was as basic as you could get, basically they saved his life and that was it, in this day and age where nano-tech could literally turn a mangled lump of human back into a fully functional person in days as long as they were alive, treating his wounds would have been simple with enough money.
"so what happened? you should have gotten compensation given how big the company you worked for is?"
"My Aunt had shown up and was trying her best to help, or so i believed, the company were great they sent over a lawyer who told me my job would be waiting for me and i would be compensated much more than enough to get treatment, he asked me if there was anything i specifically wanted and i told him about my plan to buy Another World, he personally registered me into the game with 2 years subscription, unfortunately i passed out at that point from exhaustion, by the time i woke up several months had gone by, my aunt was gone, the money was gone, and the company has blocked me from contacting them, the lawyer left a message telling me that trying to extort money from the company was something the wouldn't tolerate, and he blocked me as well."

After an accident and Betrayal by those he thought he could trust, Paul loses himself in a full dive game, he had no idea that the simple life he chose in this game would shake the world.

On the second day, the sales of Chen Feng's loot boxes entered a new height. By word of mouth, they became even more popular as more and more people find out about the existence of this cheap yet unique research paper.
Buy, buy, buy!
After being used to all sorts of expensive prices all this time, they were sure that these loot boxes of Chen Feng's sold at one point per box were in fact extremely cheap! A lot of them did not need the solution for too many of the problems, so by purchasing these loot boxes, they would be able to purchase the solution they wanted for an extremely cheap price! If they were lucky, only a slight amount of points would be required!
Besides that, a single point was sufficient for them to obtain the solution for one of the top 100 problems. The solution for these problems would normally be worth at least 30 points per solution! Now, if one was lucky enough, one would be able to get the solutions for the problems with the highest difficulty in one go, how profitable! Based on their experience, the solutions for these highest-difficulty problems would normally be worth 100 points per solution!
Here, Chen Feng was selling them like some random cabbages!
Buy, buy, buy, buy!
Everyone was going crazy. At all the branches, producers were going on shopping sprees.
Further agitating everyone was the news released this morning: Chen Feng's loot box would stop selling in one month's time.
That was also the time in which the competition for this year's excellence award would end.
Shua!
This caused an uproar.
"Damn, there's a time limit?"
"I knew Chen Feng was only selling it this cheap to get the excellence award…"
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, quick, buy quick."
"I don't care if the solution I get is something I needed or not, just buy it first before deciding what to do with it."
Everyone was going crazy.
Even those who would normally not buy any research papers started buying a bunch of Chen Feng's loot boxes when they heard this.
This was simply the sale of the century. If they were to miss this, the same thing might never appear again. Buying the loot boxes became the only common topic of all producers.
In the learning forum… at all branches… almost all producers were talking about this.
Someone posted a thread. "Hahaha, I managed to get an SSR-tier drop with a single contribution point!"
"Wow, I envy your luck."
"Is this for real?"
"666666666."
Countless people replied.
Similar threads appeared without stop. There was nothing one could do about this, as the amount of people who had bought the loot boxes was simply too high. Due to the huge amount, there would be a small amount of lucky ones that managed to get a high-difficulty solution from the loot boxes, which would tempt the other producers to continue buying without stop. As for the unlucky ones, they were too busy buying new loot boxes instead of posting threads documenting their bad luck.
Chen Feng's public image and popularity were increasing without stop. This caused an uproar so huge that even non-producers heard of it. Once again, Chen Feng became the trending topic.
Currently, Chen Feng had secretly returned to his rented room at Gold City. He was silently reading all the posted threads as he lamented inwardly: What a bunch a naive kids…
In his memories, back then, when free to pay games with microtransactions had first been released, this was how he'd behaved as well. It was a free game! The spring of the gaming era had arrived…
Next… he finally got a clear understanding on what "free" meant, what "cheap" meant, and what "RNG" meant!
In this world where strength reigned supreme, economic studies were not popular. As such, the economic structure here was quite lacking compared to Chen Feng's previous world, to the point where items such as loot boxes had never appeared here before.
Shua!
Shua!
The figures running in the background changed without stop. Only the seller, Chen Feng, knew how terrifying this figure had reached. Based on the records, currently, the highest amount a single buyer had spent on the loot boxes was no less than 20,000 contribution points!
The amount of contribution points this guy had spent was still increasing. In other words, this sad brother here had failed to get the solution he'd wanted from the loot boxes?
Chen Feng tried checking his records. Mhm… This guy had a full collection of all R-tier and SR-tier drops. As for SSR-tier drops, he still lacked one to complete his collection.
He had gotten 200 sets of SSR-tier drops from the loot boxes. However, among them, he kept getting repeat drops from the loot boxes, with the highest repeat solution at 50 times while the lowest at 10 times. As for the particular drop he required, he had yet to obtain it from the loot boxes.
"How pitiful…"
Chen Feng mourned for him.
This brother here was truly extremely unlucky!
Apart from this brother here, there was also a huge amount of unlucky gamblers who had also spent several thousand or several tens of thousands contribution points. Nearly all of those who had spent this much were all trying to get some particular SSR-tier drop.
Chen Feng exhaled in relief. "Fortunately, I left Star City in time."
"Hu—"
From the amount of contribution points those people could afford to spend, it was obvious that these were all super-powerful seniors. If his location was discovered by them…
Mhm…
He might not be able to avoid getting beaten up. However, as Chen Feng studied the records, in two short days, the contribution points he had earned had surpassed 80% of the producers based at the research institute. Moreover, his contribution points were increasing without stop at an extremely fast speed, with the speed increasing as well!
This method of sale was truly quite scam-like. However, it was also undeniably an undefeated method. Naturally, the premise of this succeeding was to first ensure that his popularity and prestige were sufficient. Otherwise, he would most probably end up getting himself chopped into pieces by some angry gamblers…
He recalled that in his previous life, there had been one particular author called "Minus Ninety Degrees."
Although this guy was tall, handsome, and wrote some good stories, due to pirates, his income had been too low. There had been several times where he'd almost stopped writing because of that. Next, this author had requested Chen Feng's advice. Chen Feng had given this guy a good method of making money: RNG-style novels!
That's right, RNG-style novels. Only a single subscription point was required to read each chapter. However, for each chapter:
Fifty percent probability of it being a filler chapter.
Forty percent probability of it being a chapter where the main plot progressed.
Ten percent probability of it being a chapter where the story reached a climax.
One percent of probability of it being the conclusion of that particular arc.
What a perfect system!
It was rumored that, subsequently, in the first month after he'd implemented that system, his remuneration had reached six figures, creating a miracle. However, he had subsequently disappeared. According to the rumors, he was still being hunted by his readers or something…
As Chen Feng thought of that, he sighed endlessly.
To forge iron, one's own body had to be strong as well. This was a sales method not everyone would dare to implement.
"Two more days at most."
A toying smile appeared on Chen Feng's face.
Soon, these people would all experience for themselves the horror of RNG!
As of now, they were all still happily gambling on the loot boxes. For the casual gamblers who only spent 10 to 20 contribution points on the loot boxes, they would obtain a huge amount of R-tier and SR-tier drops with a low amount of repeat drops. As such, these people would start talking about their success online, attracting the envy of countless people. If one was lucky enough to obtain an SSR-tier drop, one would be able to create an uproar online.
Was that worth the contribution points? For these people, of course it was!
However, when the producers that truly needed these solutions to solve their problems saw this, their hearts would start aching as they noticed how low the probability was for them to get the solution they wanted out of the 100 solutions a loot box might contain.
This was especially true when there was simply no limit placed on repeat solutions one might obtain.
This was too scam-like, right?
If the solution they wanted was some R-tier drop, it was somewhat easier, since the amount of R-tier drops were higher. Hence, the probability for it to appear would be higher. If the solution they wanted was some SR-tier drop, it would be somewhat harder. If it was some SSR-tier drop… they might as well kneel down and start praying for good luck.
"Something seems wrong with this, right?"
Some started realizing the issue. Fortunately, these people were still blaming their luck for this instead of questioning Chen Feng's method of sale.
Suddenly, a thread called "Bastard Chen Feng! Refund me my contribution points!" appeared at the learning forum. This caused a huge uproar.
The content of the thread:
"Bastard Chen Feng, refund me my contribution points! All those SSR-tier threads posted on the forum must be fake, right? Do SSR-tier solutions even exist in the loot boxes? I doubt it! For a single SSR-tier solution, I wasted 10,000 contribution points, yet I have not even gotten a single SSR-tier solution! Not a single one! The f*ck are you f*ckers showing off at the forum for? My 10,000 contribution points! F*ck this loot box! Chen Feng, refund my contribution points!"
Bang!
This caused a huge uproar on the whole forum. The only reason for this was because the thread had been posted by a master producer.
If this thread was considered as the fuse, then the first reply to this thread would be the trigger for the fuse, for the upcoming storm.
Username: Unchanging Fate
Status: Master producer
Reply:
"Hahahahaha! Fake! It's all fake! There are simply no SSR-tier drops in this loot box! No, don't touch this king here! This king here does not want to eat medicine! This king here is not crazy!! Let this king go. All you traitors are trying to hurt this king!! Protect the king! Protect the king!"


Chen Feng, of modern earth, had suffered bad luck since birth. After finding the legendary “lucky artifact,” his bad luck peaked and he became the only person killed in an earthquake. By a twist of fate, he found himself transmigrated into a different and magical world! A world much larger than earth. A world only partially explored due to the dangers within. A world where human civilization centered around genes. In this world, human beings possessed all sorts of abilities due to genetic fusion. Some went on to create world-changing technologies with their mysterious genetic abilities, while others went on to become undefeated genetic warriors with their combat genetic abilities. How will Chen Feng fare in this new world?

[ Chorus ] " The Simpsons " [ Bell Ringing ] [ Whistle Blowing ] [ Beeping ] " [Jazzy Solo ] [ Tires Screeching ] D'oh! [ Screams ] Ah, the morning horoscope. ''Today will be a day like every other day. '' D'oh! It just gets worse and worse. " [ Whistling The Simpsons Theme ] Bart, I've asked you not to whistle that annoying tune. - Jawohl, mein Mommandant. - Why are you so happy? Yeah. You kids gotta go to school. I gotta go to work. The only one who has it easy is Marge. [ Grunting ] We're having a field trip today. Ah, Lise, won't it be great to cast off the shackles of the soul-crushing hellhole that is Springfield Elementary? Oh! I'm sorry. I forgot. Your class isn't going. You're right, Bart. School is for losers. ''And that's how I cured all disease, ended war and reunited the entire cast ofTV's Facts of Life including longtime holdout Tootie. '' Ohh. ! Sounds like another Pulitzer for me to polish. Hush, field trip boy! Impaled on my Nobel Peace Prize. How ironic. Yo! Lise! Lise! - Come back, Lise! Come back! - Why? I'm so much happier here. And now, Principal Skinner will tell us where we'll be going on this year's field trip. Thank you, Edna, everyone. [ Clears Throat ] Now, class, I wonder who among you can tell me what this is? Oh! Not the box factory again, Seymour. [ All Groaning ] This may well prove fascinating. I know. I'll just do like Lisa and escape into fantasy. Class, instead of going to the box factory today we'll be going to the box factory. Damn TV! You've ruined my imagination just like you've ruined my ability to-- to, um-- uh-- Oh, well. " [ Cartoon ] " Fifty-six boxes of bottles of beer on the wall " " Fifty-six boxes of bottles of beer " "You take one down and pass it around " "Fifty-fve boxes ofbottles ofbeer on the wall " [ Gasps ] [ Laughter, Chattering ] [ All Groaning ] [ Tires Screeching ] Ho! [ Man ] The story ofhow two brothers and fve other men parlayed a small business loan into a thriving paper goods concern is a long and interesting one. And here it is. It all began with the fling of Form 63 7 / A-- the application for a small business or farm-- Many interesting and important things have been put into boxes over the years. Textiles, other boxes, even children's candy. Do any of these boxes have candy in 'em? - No. - Will they ever? No. We only make boxes to ship nails. - Any other questions? - When will we be able to see a finished box, sir? Oh, we don't assemble them here. That's done in Flint, Michigan. - Any of your workers had their hands cut off by machinery? - No. And then the hand started crawling around and tried to strangle everybody? - No, that has never happened. - Any popped eyeballs? I'm not sure what kind of factory you're thinking of. We just make boxes here. This room is the most popular part of our tour. It's just like the other rooms. Yes, but with one important difference. Oh. We took that out. Yes, it is just like the other rooms. - What's that building over there? - That's just a TVstudio where they film Krusty the Clown and other non-box-related programs. Since it has nothing to do with boxes, I'll just shut these blinds. - [ All Groaning ] - Oh, man. Now, here's my office. If you'll direct your eyes to the floor, you'll see a yellow line. Follow it. It will lead you around my desk and back out the door. [ Skinner] Mm-hmm. Mmm. Mm-hmm. I gotta get out of here. Aha! The perfect escape. [ Grunts ] Hmm. Oh! Ah! Do you work here, little boy? - Yeah. - Well, then, go right in, sir. - Yeah. - Well, then, go right in, sir. - Bart! - [ Chattering, Shouting ] I'll handle this. Simpson, I'm giving you until the count of three to come out. One! Two! Three! - I've done all I can do. - We'd better call his parents. - [ Ringing ] -Just a minute! - Don't hang up! - [ Dial Tone ] [ Groaning ] No answer at home. I'll call his father. - [ Ringing ] -Just a minute! Don't hang up! Y'ello? You'll have to speak up. I'm wearing a towel. [ Chattering ] Somebody need a script? - Action! - Ay, ay, ay. !:No me gusta. ! [ Sighs, British Accent ] I'm sorry. I'm really not comfortable with this, Ethan. - What's the matter, luv? - It's just-- It's-It's the same, old, tired gags, isn't it? I mean, let's give the audience some credit. - How about a giant mousetrap? - I love it! - Action! - Ay, ay, ay. !:No me gusta. ! Ay, es grande. ! What do you mean, you lost him? He might have fallen into one of these machines! Oh, my God! That's his lucky red hat! He's a box! My boy's a box! Damn you! A box! " [ Humming ] - I said I wanted a Danish. ! - I'm sorry. - All the Danishes are gone. - They're not gone. - You're gone! - Uh-oh. [ Muttering ] ''Tragic news tonight. in a tidal wave in Kuala La-la--'' ''Pur--'' ''Kuala Lum-pur--'' - France. - Yoink! Yoink? [ Gasps ] Ah, heck. Now, where am I gonna get a Danish? - Here's a Danish, Krusty. - Gimme, gimme, gimme! [ Eating Loudly ] Now, that's Danish. Where'd you get it? I stole it from Kent Brockman. Great! Uh, he didn't touch it, did he? No. Good job, kid. What's your name? I'm Bart Simpson. I saved you from jail. Oh, I-- I reunited you with your estranged father. Uh, I don't, uh-- I saved your career, man! Remember your comeback special? Yeah, well, what have you done for me lately? - I got you that Danish. - And I'll never forget it. Hey, kid. Wow! A big clown hankie. It's a towel, you yutz. ! I want you to wash it. You're my new assistant. Cool! Yeah, I know I'm on. But I don't care. I don't read the news until I get my Danish. Go ahead. Try to find a replacement. Aah! A powerful tidal wave in Kuala Lumpur has killed 1 20 people. Ay, chihuahua. ! Whoa, whoa, whoa! Marge, I have some horrible, bone-chilling news! - [ Gasps ] What is it? - Hi, Homer. - Oh, nothing. - Hey. That's my lucky red hat sittin' on top of a double-corrugated, eight-fold, 1 4-gauge box. Oh, it sounds like you really learned something on your field trip. Think you'd be interested in a career as a box maker? Well, that'll always be the dream. But for now, I got a job in the show business. From now on, I'll be helping Krusty the Clown after school. Mmm, I don't know, Bart. You're only 1 0. I've got a weekend job helping the poor, and I'm only eight. [ Scoffs ] That's not a job. It's a waste of time. What can poor people pay you? Nothin'! What satisfaction do you get from helping them? None! Who wants to help poor people anyway? Nobody! So, anyway, can I, Mom? - Can I take the job? - Well-- Why not? I remember my first after-school job. I was in a band. Hello, everybody. I'm Archie Bell, and I'm also The Drells. We got a new song called ''Tighten Up,'' and this is the music you tighten up with. [ Groaning, Muttering ] Hey, whatsa matter, you? You crazy kid, you chasing away my business. - Buzz off, Giuseppe. - Pepe, go for the face! - [ Screeching ] - [ Screaming ] - " [ Continues ] - Help! Aah! Yes, Son. You can have an electric guitar just like your old man. Dad, I'm asking if I can get a job. Gig, Son. When you're a musician, a job is called a gig. - Wow. Being in show business is like a dream. - [ Slurping ] We're really lucky, aren't we? - I wish I was dead. - Don't listen to him, kid. This is a dream factory. The birthplace of magic and enchantment. Now I need you to go clean out my toilet. Right in here, boy. If it-- Ooh! I don't know what I was thinking last night. This'll take you a couple hours. I'm tellin' ya. I do work on the Krusty Show. - Look at the credits. - Bye-bye, kids! - [ Chuckling ] - [ Children Cheering ] I'm Kent Brockman. On the 1 1 :00 news tonight a certain kind of soft drink has been found to be lethal. We won't tell you which one until after sports and the weather with Funny Sonny Storm. There's my name, right there-- Bart Simpson. Looks more like ''Brad Storch. '' No, it says, ''Betty. '' ''Betty Symington. '' - That's for taking credit for other people's work. - Oh! It's okay, Son. Who cares what a bunch of fourth-graders think? You're doing what you want to do with your life. Nothin' else matters. Thanks, Dad. That's great advice. Yep. Well, that's what got me where I am today. - Oh. - There, there. - Would you sign my picture, Krusty? - Sure, kid. Get in line. [ Groaning ] - Okay, kids, open your books to page 60-- - [ Cell Phone Ringing ] - Yes, Krusty? - Bart, I need to get your fingerprints on a candlestick. Meet me in the conservatory chop-chop. - Don't worry. Everything's gonna be all right. - Oh! I wish I was dead. Aah! There's cheese in this sandwich! Surely you know I'm lactose intolerant! - Sorry. - Sorry? Do you know how sick this is going to make me? [ Groans ] Oh, boy. Come stand next to the bathroom door. I want to yell at you some more. [ Groans ] Why,you little rapscallion-- - Oh, show business sucks. I'm outta here. - [ Shouting Continues ] The most hideous child I have ever witnessed. ! Bart! I need to use you in a sketch. - You want me to be on the show? - It's just one line. - Mel's supposed to say it, but he's dead. - Dead? Or sick. I don't know. I forget. Anyway, all you gotta do is say, ''I am waiting for a bus. '' Then I hit you with pies for five minutes. Got that? - ''I am waiting for a bus. '' - Makes me laugh. Let's go. - [ Buzzes ] - [ Applause ] "[ Vaudeville ] I am waiting for a-- Whoa! - Ooh! - Aah! - I didn't do it. - [ Laughter, Applause ] [ Cheering, Hooting ] Oh, man. It's a miracle we got through that one. Remind me never to let you on stage again, kid. Some people got it, some people don't. And you, my young friend, do not have-- Hold on. I wanna finish this thought outside. - It's that kid! - [ Cheering ] It's the ''I didn't do it'' guy! He's mine! I own him and all the subsidiary rights! Why, this rickety ladder in front of this door is the perfect place for this priceless Ming vase. Eh? Eh? I didn't do it. [ Laughter, Applause ] Thank you. Thank you. And now, the ''I didn't do it'' dancers! "[ Techno ] Don't move, dude. This is totally a gun. - [ Alarm Sounding ] - I didn't do it. - [ Both Laughing ] - And then the boy says the thing-- - [ Gasps ] - Honey! [ Gasps ] Joe, how could you? I, uh, didn't do it. [ All Laughing ] Help! Help! This is the third time that this building has burned down because someone has been smokin' in bed. [ Together] I didn't do it. [ All Laughing ] Help me! This biography of Bart came out awfully quickly. - It's not even about him. - Sure it is. Look at the cover. But inside, it's mostly about Ross Perot and the last two chapters are excerpts from the Oliver North trial. Ah, Oliver North. He was just poured into that uniform. [ Groaning ] "[''U Can't Touch This''] I didn't do it. I didn't do it. [ Grunts ] Hey, proper. I have to pay to see my own grandson! That's the democrats for ya! See the boy-- five dollars. Or call him 2 4 hours a day on BartChat. [ Barney ] BartChat. - Are you Bart? - Sure, I am. - I didn't do nothin'. - Uh, isn't it, ''I didn't do it''? Yeah, whatever. [ Belches ] Um, I never thought I'd say this, but shouldn't we be learning something? Say the line, Bart. [ Groans Softly ] I didn't do it. [ All ] Yea! Come on, Lisa. Say somethin' funny. - Like what? - Oh, somethin' stupid like Bart would say. Bucka bucka, or woozle wozzle. Somethin' like that. Forget it, Dad. If I ever become famous I want it to be for something worthwhile, not because of some obnoxious fad. - Obnoxious fad? - Ah, don't worry, Son. You know, they said the same thing about Urkel. That little snot boy. I'd like to smack that kid! What the hell are you reading books for? I'm doing the Conan O'Brien show and I wanna have some intelligent stuff to talk about. Don't forget to say, ''I didn't do it. '' Dad, there's more to me than just a catchphrase. - How do you figure, boy? - Watch the Conan O'Brien show. You'll see. All right. But after Leno, I'm all laughed out, you know. "[ Theme ] You know, Conan, I have a lot to say. I'm not just a one-line wonder. Did you know that a section of rain forest the size of Kansas is burned every single-- -Just do the line. - I didn't do it. [ Laughter, Applause ] [ Chuckling ] Great material. - We'll be right back. - "[ Theme ] - Sit perfectly still. Only I may dance. - [ Groaning ] ''Just do the line. '' ''Just do the line. '' What's gonna happen to me? [ Male Announcer ] And now, it's time for Match Game 2034 with Billy Crystal - Hey! - Farrah Fawcett-Majors- O'Neal-Varney - [ Grunts ] - the ''I didn't do it''boy - [ Grunts ] - ventriloquist Loni Anderson - Ooh! - Spike Lee and the always lovely and vivacious head of Kitty Carlisle. Hi, everybody! Let's start the game! [ Hisses ] Aah! - [ Yelling ] - [ Yelling ] - [ Knocking ] - [ Marge ] Bart, it's time to get ready for the show. No! Where's that little punk? We go on in 1 0 minutes. Oh, the tension. Somebody, walk on my back. [ All ] Huh? Ow! Oh-- Ow! One at a time! No Teamsters! Honey, I know you feel a little silly saying the same four words over and over, but you shouldn't. You're making people happy, and that's a very hard thing to do. You're right, Mom. I shouldn't let this bother me. I'm in television now. It's my job to be repetitive. My job. My job. Repetitiveness is my job. I am gonna go out there tonight and give the best performance of my life. The best performance of your life? The best performance of my life. Where is that lousy little pisher? Bart! - "[ Theme ] - And now, boys and girls here he is, the boy that says the words you've been longing to hear like the salivating dogs that you are, Bart Simpson! I didn't do it. - [ Weak Chuckle ] - [ Clears Throat ] - I didn't do it. - [ Cricket Chirping ] [ Muttering ] Woozle wozzle? - What the-- - [ All Muttering ] That's what passes for entertainment these days? Woozle wozzle? [ Announcer ] Ladies and gentlemen, the Clown Show has been put on hiatus for retooling. - What happened? - Oh, don't worry about that. You're just finished, that's all. - Finished? - It happens all the time. That's show business for you. One day, you're the most important guy who ever lived. - The next day, you're some schmo working in a box factory. - I heard that! - Boy, show business is kind of cruel, isn't it? - [ Latch Locking ] [ Groaning ] [ Radio Deejay ] And that was ''Kung Fu Fighting. '' Say, speaking of one-trick ponies, whatever happened to that ''I didn't do it'' kid? [ Deejay "2 ] Boy, did that get old fast. Whoa! You know, if you wanna last in this business, you gotta stay fresh. - [ Honking Horn ] - [ Silly Sound Effects ] [ Grunts ] I saved these for you, Bart. You'll always have them to remind you of the time when you were the whole world's special little guy. - Thanks, Mom. - And now you can go back to just being you instead of a one-dimensional character with a silly catchphrase. - D'oh! - Ay, caramba. ! [ Groaning ] - Hidilly-ho! - [ Belches ] - Ha-ha! - Excellent. If anyone wants me, I'll be in my room. [ Homer ] What kind of catchphrase is that? - [ People Chattering ] - Shh!

This long-running comedy focuses on the eponymous family in the town of Springfield in an unnamed U.S. state. The head of the Simpson family, Homer, is not a typical family man. A nuclear-plant employee, he does his best to lead his family but often finds that they are leading him. The family includes loving, blue-haired matriarch Marge, troublemaking son Bart, overachieving daughter Lisa and baby Maggie. Other Springfield residents include the family's religious neighbour, Ned Flanders, family physician Dr Hibbert, Moe the bartender and police chief Clancy Wiggum.

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In a mountainous region a thousand meters away from the origin caves. A puple ring suddenly formed on the side of a steep cliff.
Swish
A boy and two plushie dolls were flung into the air. Plummeting towards the bottom, the height of the fall was about 15 to 20 meters. It's safe to say this wasn't like falling of your bed in the night.
As the kid began to stabilize his falling body his feet firmly planted on the ground.
snap
Unfortunately the force of the fall still caught up to him and one of his legs buckled from the pressure and he fell backwards on his ass.
"aghh!" the kid let out a muffled gasp as he sat on the ground holding his broken ankle.
The two plushies floated down beside him.
"Hehe luckily that witches life saving ability will also heal you or you'd be like a sitting duck" Kail said with a goofy grin plastered across his face.
As he finished speaking the purple ring on the wall disappeared and a new golden ring formed under the kid. A radiant golden light then enveloped the area around where he sat.
"Ahhh this feels amazing, as if all the cells in my body are flowing and bumping into each other in a soft vibration. I don't think I can let go of this feeling." The kid let out a long sigh as he was lost in the pleasure of his body healing.
Almost immediately the pain in his ankle disappeared.
As the golden radiance dissapeared he decided to stand up.
"Wow this is amazing I can walk already." the kid said in awe.
"Well if that lass over there was any better with her skill you would have landed on the ground and if she was any worse you could have ended up in that mountain." Kail said as he started to tease Luna.
"Hmph I had just gotten to this place." Luna responded seemingly knowing that Kail had a point.
"Well anyways I'm glad that everyone is safe and we can continue on with our journey." Said the kid eager to get the two to stop bickering.
just as he finished speaking he heard a soft chime.
*ding*
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God Or Devil Game System is now reactivated.
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*ding*
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System storage now unlocked.
Held Items: 1
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*ding*
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System character info data function now unlocked.
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"Wow perfect timing I was just wondering when the system was gonna reboot." The kid said eager to check out its functions. 'hmm I wonder what this character info data is about. Anyways I've gotta check out that fanny pack I got from the lucky roll.'
As he was thinking to himself he decided the best thing to do first was to figure out what his equipment was and what it could be used for.
He then thought to himself 'system storage open.' Then a window popped up with many empty boxes and one that had a light blue circle in it. When the kid turned his gaze towards the box with a light blue circle in it. The box started to dwarf all the other boxes and a secondary window appeared.
*ding*
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Item: Miserly Phantom Assassins Fanny Pack
Domain: Storage Unit
Subdomain: Teleportation
Description: One of the greatest treasures that the Miserly Phantom Assassin ever owned. Upon his death nobody has ever reproduced a treasure like it. This treasure has the ability to teleport thrown weapons back into its storage space. It can hold up to 1,000 cubic feet of items in its storage space. 
Upgradeable: Yes
Upgrade requirements: ????
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"Woah this is a lot better than I thought." The kid says with a grin on his face.

hello fellow daoists walking down the same heavenly pathway as I. this is my first novel thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy.

this is a story about a road between heaven and hell and how our main character thrives there. watch as our mic struggles in a world torn between two sides.

Xiao Chen and old man Liu sat in the carriage for a while more, the carriage steadily moved along the stone path in the village, from the buildings seen from afar, xiao Chen could tell that this village itself wasn't small at all..
 They sat in the carriage for a couple minutes until they reached a huge courtyard..
 "Lad, we are here" Old man Liu stopped the carriage before opening the door for xiao Chen, xiao Chen decides to help old Liu carry some of the goods in, stacking three wooden boxes on each other he held them with one hand and waited for old Liu's instructions..
  "Lad, you are very strong" Old Liu beamed a smile at him.
  "Old Liu you are back?" A deep voice was heard from inside the courtyard..
  A guard holding a metal spear walked out, seeing it was old Liu he bowed towards him..
  "Old master Liu, who is this kid?" The guard said before looking at xiao Chen in confusion..
  "Don't call him a kid, he had saved my life" Old Liu said, after that he signaled for xiao Chen to follow him..
  After they walked past the stunned guard, Old Liu said with a smile..
  "Lad, the immortal mountain examiners wont be here until three more days, stay in the Liu family if you don't have anywhere to go"...
  "Old man Liu, don't worry, I will stay in the clan" xiao Chen smiled once again, this old man was really a good person..
  ....
   "Lad, drop the boxes here, I will show you your room after" Old Liu said..
  Xiao Chen stopped the boxes a few meters from the flora garden near the pool, before following old Liu into one of the buildings..
  "There are young masters and misses of the Liu clan, but it's best if you don't get too close to them, they are too competitive, especially to a new person" Old Liu smiled, thinking that those young masters were stronger than xiao Chen himself..
  Xiao Chen also smiled back, there was no point in showing off his strength so early..
   Xiao Chen patiently followed behind old Liu, after walking around the courtyard for a few minutes they reached a wooden door..
  "Little friend, no one lives in this room, so it will now belong to you for now, I will tell the guards to give you access to leave and enter the courtyard" old Liu smiled before walking off..
  Xiao Chen thought for a while, what was Old Liu's position in this clan?, he seemed more than just an ordinary merchant trading..
  To have the power to give him a room in the family and to also be able to give him access to leave whenever he wants, xiao Chen smiled and shook his head..
  He had three days, it was best to devour as much as he could, after relaxing around the large room and getting familiar with it, xiao Chen decided to leave, he really wasn't prepared for those young masters, all he knew was that the most talented youths below 20 years of age were at the mid-body refining realm, if they knew that he was on par with the strongest people in the village, no one knew what they might spit out..
  Xiao Chen found a set of blue robes in front of his door as he opened it, he thanked old Liu in his mind once again before grabbing it and quickly changing, the musky smell of his body has been smelling less disgusting each time he broke through, no wonder those cultivators didn't shower.
  They really didn't need to, after changing clothes, xiao Chen put the cosmos sack around his waist, it was one of his best possessions currently, apart from the grade-1 peak sword..
  Xiao Chen calmly walked out of his room, he looked a lot better now, his skin was very smooth as if he hadn't been running away from a beast able to split hills..
  Along the way, xiao Chen noticed many maids and servants, they would all take glances before looking away, after all he wasn't their young master and misses, there was no reason for them to bow to him..
  Xiao Chen didn't take it to heart, after walking for a while he reached the guards gate, it was nearly about to become night time anyways..
  "Hello sir, I will be leaving the clan for three-days and I will be back in time for the disciple selection" xiao Chen bowed politely before saying..
  The guard who he had met earlier smiled before saying "well, be careful out there, there are many rumors of ghosts at night" the guard then waved his hands, signaling for xiao Chen to go..
  Xiao Chen himself was surprised, he hadn't seen any arrogant characters so far, if it was any normal Xianxia even bugs and Loli's would become arrogant characters, xiao Chen smiled before walking out of the courtyard..
  Following the same exact road he and old Liu rode the carriage on, the city gates would close soon, so he had to hurry..
  Xiao Chen decided to run, the roads and sidewalks of the village were all empty, most people were already in their homes doing who knows what..
  Xiao Chen Finally made it towards the gate George it was closed, he walked out of the city gate as if it was nothing...
  "Hey kid, are you sure you want to leave?, the outside is very dangerous" one of the guards said..
  "Sir, don't worry, I am meeting up with some friends" xiao Chen game up with a stupid lie before walking off, he really didn't like this peaceful atmosphere, he was going to fight many beasts..
  The two guards behind him sighed before shaking their head, as if they were used to these types of answers, they then regained their composure before going back into the city, the gates would close anytime soon...
  Even so there were many guards still atop the walls, guarding the city.

In a world where many powers and organizations fight for power and resources , there are thousands of divine and supreme beings under the heavens, each and every village fights for resources..
  With the increase in strong beasts no one is safe in this desolate world.
  In this world, there are beings with bodies able to shatter the heavens and pluck the stars, yet in a small village, out protagonist xiao Chen was transported into this world, taking over the body of a weak village kid with the same name as him, because of an ancient book  he was granted this chance,  He was given a golden opportunity and chosen by a supreme system.., watch as he competes with these supreme and celestial beings for treasures born under the heavens...
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"Before birth, there's always a spark, tiny, miniscule inconsequential but quite capable of giving life to the greatest of forces, to the greatest of men, and women. To the greatest of heroes and villains, to the greatest gods and the greatest demons, and to the greatest of worlds.

But sometimes one spark begets two, being so unique and powerful that it would birth two of greatness, two of the same coin, a hero and a villain, a god and a devil, a living world...…and dead world. Gaia is the jewel of the universe, home, the bright place of everything that breathes, sleeps, eats, flies, crawls, swims, moves, lives and die...…but not much is know about her sister, her twin in power and might, in magic and grace, a world forgotten and untouched by the ever evolving hands of the chosen ones, of the immortals, of the players!

But she is unlike her sister Gaia, she's a world of games and bloodshed, a world of Kings and heroes. Nothing is gained or given in this world without the strength of your swords and thickness of your blood, it is a world that gives its power to the glory of it's Kings and it's 100 legendary heroes of unique repute. She's ready, she's opening up her gates to you, to the lost descendants, for she is your inheritance. She needs her Kings, she needs her heroes, come and claim your kingdom, come and claim your might! Take and take and take! Until there's nothing between you and the top, until your name resounds allover the place as Emperor as Legendary Hero!

Fight for pride, resources, wealth, pleasures and the ultimate throne, need her call, need her please to be remembered as she calls out to you, as Terra! Sings forth her song of battle. Will you be there, on the dawn, or on the dusk, or on the high noon and midnight of her noble self. All are welcome...…bring your best!"

(Tournament Of Terra: Of Kings & Heroes)

The narration for the tournaments trailer was amazing, but it went behind just what was being said to what was being shown. Endless strips of stable land, deserts, mountains, tundra and actual floating islands. There were battling platforms placed in the strangest of places, and then civilizations that seemed stuck in a stone age. Their fur clothes clinging heavily to their body, and even though they all had different races to fall back on, they all just looked like the were prehistoric.

Terra truly was a land untouched by technology, but it had magic and it very much had conflicts. There were werewolves and vampires, demons and what looked like angels. These placed seemed to be a little bit more supernatural than Gaia and the universe she was in, but that's understandable, when your basing it on the timeline, magic or not, a bunch of things would be attributed to gods and weird voodoo by the people of this era.

After the trailer, another one for the (A.R.I) Was shown, especially with the pitch that streaming services would be available for players and people who would be more willing to watch the tournament rather than participate. Of course to enjoy the streaming service a monthly subscription was required, but it was affordable for everyone, but of course said service would also be limited as there were three stages to it.

 The basic subscription, the premium subscription and the premium VIP subscription, each one correlating to the amount of popularity and power the individual or guild being streamed had.
For example an ordinary player looking to make his way in Terra could be watched by others using the basic streaming service, but once said player has a modicum of Fame and is quite popular amongst others, his subscription service would be bumped up to the premium. Also players have to register for the streaming service, they'll sign a bunch of legal documents, but on e the game starts, they earn a portion of the proceeds from the subscription service and a little bit more from viewers willing to gift said player money for his or her efforts.

The premium VIP would have really famous guilds and players in it right from the start, a contract has probably been sent to all of them by now, and there's no way they would disagree as quite a bit of money can and will be earned from it. Also there was also a measure of security, from the premium subscription upwards, players with subscriptions of their own will not be able to stream other players within the tournament. This is so that the secrets of players would be protected, sure people from the real world will see and probably expose it, but that's an attempt to keep an element of surprise and have every guild and player be at the tip of their toes. All in all it as a well thought out plans, seems like a cash grab scheme to me, but nevertheless the augmented reality interface had more practical applications in real life than to just serve as a portable television.

I switched of the holographic screen in front of me, only for me to get hit on my thigh. I looked down at Ron, he was just staring at the screens and now I had turned it off, I didn't even notice he was there, I looked at the time and had to grimace, it was a little past 2am and we both should be asleep. But those eyes of his, they're impossible to say no to.

"Five minutes! I don't care what you say or how cute you look, but after this we're both going to bed, deal!" he looked at my outstretched hand and then back to my face, then he raised his hands up asking me to carry him up. I couldn't help but sigh, I knew just as he knew that it didn't matter what deal I offered, he was going to get what he wanted no matter what. The holographic screen came up again, this time it was showing a simple map. Of Terra that was released to the public and preparations for the guilds hoping to establish their kingdoms, this was so they could plan ahead.

Of course not all information about the lay of the land was given, but there was enough to understand a basic demographic and make a choice. And then Ron moved his finger, pointing to a spot at the north-western edge of a continent right in the middle of Terra. It was uneven like most continents tend to be, but it was in the shape of a half moon, and the spot Ron was pointing at was right at the beginning of a mountain range, close to the western sea, to the east was a push and expansive forest that actually expanded to the ocean, a little ways south was the beginning of a desert, and North was the mountain range.

The spot was covered with trees and green, showing that it was also a part of the forest, setting up anything there was akin to being in the middle of nowhere, the only place that there seems to be access to it, was from the desert in the south. This was not a detailed map, so it's hard to tell if they're any official roads leading to that spot, but seeing as this world was rather primitive I would say no. It was right in the middle of nowhere, however...…

"Ron my sweet boy you're a genius!" I said to him as I pulled him close and gave a big fat missing his cheek and hugged him tighter. He giggled, probably a little bit tickled by the small beard that had grown on my face(I need to shave that). Then he turned and said.

"Go play there?" I raised an eyebrow, lost descendants online since it's inception has only been open to 18 year olds and above due to it's very graphic and adult nature, however maybe it time we bent the rules a bit. I quickly typed a message to the virtual reality department with a detailed plan, then I turned to Ron and said.

"Don't worry, daddy will go make a playground for you there, and then you can come play." I said to him with a smile as he nodded and continued to stare at the map.

The spot he had chosen was pretty much isolated from the rest of the world, we might be quite far away from.
Civilization, but we had access to all of the natural resources we would need to survive. The sea to the west, a mountain to the north, a desert to the South and if all should go well, a forest to the east or rather completely around us. But it was not just the idea of the resources, it was the idea of a place where the dragons could hatch without being discovered too early, where they can grow, and learn and train with everything they would ever need made available to them.....my very own dragon army.

Dragons, elves, pirates, and magic...in space!  Follow Aaron as he travels through a game world to gain clues to his dead mother's past, clues that would open up a new world for him.  All while trying to balance a child and a multibillion corporation left to him by a grandfather, who was more father than grandfather.  A scheming family, an assassin old maid, and a possible romance, all lead to a wild ride as two very different lives clash to make up the life of Aaron Wade. 


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The heat that came from the blazing fire brought warmth—I mean, a lot more than warmth. It was burning the bodies of the rogues as if they were the fuel to its raging ember. The fire crept up to their bodies, burning their flesh, devouring everything that dares to stand on its path only leaving ashes and dust behind.
The fiery fire danced beautifully along with the bodies that so desperately tried to stop it from burning them, though it was of no use as it will only be a matter of time before they succumb to the flames. No matter how much effort was given, the fire didn't cease its reign of terror.
What was initially thought to be the day where they rose to glory turned out to be the day they fell to the depths of hell. Thundering screams that shouted pain and agony could be heard throughout the mountain, and yet, it sounded like a beautiful harmony to my ears.
Did I perhaps sound a little too psychotic? But what do I do, I'm just very ecstatic to finally destroy the cause of my problems. You don't even know how much paperwork that I need to go through whenever they create a mess. Not to mention I still have to bear the Alpha's rampage when things didn't go well with his likings. What a life, I know.
Leonard who was left alone looked at his surroundings frantically, his eyes wide in surprise and mouth agape. He was looking around, but not at the burning rogues. It was as if he was searching for something... or someone.
"Do you like the surprise?" I teased, drawing his attention to me from whatever he was searching for, "I bet you do, this is like the best surprise ever. It's our gratitude for the gift you gave us before."
The man glared, "What are you going to do if your precious Luna is here? You don't even know where she is."
"And you know?" A mocking laugh escaped my lips, I couldn't believe what I've just heard. Is he stupid or what? "Why do you think the Alpha didn't come here to carry out the so-called deal you made if his woman is still here? You know he will literally do anything to save her."
I waited for the stupefied Leonard to answer my question but it seemed like his stupid brain couldn't manage to find the answer so I offered him a little help, "Well, it's because he doesn't need your stupid deal to save her. That's why I'm here," I sent him a wink, "Not for the deal, but for you."
"There's no way that you could know where she is being detained," he said as he wiped the sweat on his face, laughing awkwardly to hide his nervousness.
"I must say yes way, Leonard," I grinned making the man clench his jaw, balling his fist. He leered at his surroundings before turning his body around, trying to make a run for his life. Just as he turned his back, a punch came flying straight to his face and knocked the man to the ground due to the force given, "Aw, Jack, don't be so harsh on him. He just wanted to play tag."
"Yeah? Then I'll kill you if I catch you, how about it?" Jack smirked, giving a generous offer to the rogue. Leonard shoot daggers at him but accepted his offer regardless, "I'll give you ten seconds to run," said Jack.
Leonard hurriedly stood up, using all his might to run as far as possible in those precious ten seconds. But what he didn't know was that Jack had placed his foot on his shirt, making him fall back to the ground when he tried to stand. As he fell to his former position, he looked up, his face was full of disbelief when he stared at Jack, "You fucking asshole."
Jack, shameless as he was, counted down the ten seconds while still stepping on Leonard's shirt to prevent him from running. Leonard desperately took his shirt off to free himself, but when he did take them off, Jack, unfortunately, had finished counting,"...five...ten."
"Since when the number after five is ten?!" he protested, not liking the way Jack's brain worked.
"I am the one counting so it's my rule," Jack answered nonchalantly as he held Leonard against the ground. I, who was watching the whole scene unfold was trying my best to hold back my laughter and called the warriors to take Jack's place on holding the rogue down. It was only at times like this that I do like Jack.
"You never had any intention of letting me run, did you?"
"How smart of you," Jack tainted the man and received a low growl as an angry reply from Leonard. Looking at how irked he was, he will probably shift anytime soon now. It will be in our best interest to prevent him from doing so.
[Did you bring me what I asked for?] I mind-linked Zeke, the one who was assigned to lead the warriors. Instead of answering my question, he came running to me and handed me the thing I requested for. He indeed was a man of few words, just like what I heard.
He gave me a thing that was covered in a cloth which I accept with pleasure. I opened the cloth slightly to take a look at the object inside, careful as to not make any direct contact with it. I nodded in satisfaction when I caught sight of the silver handcuffs beneath it. As werewolves were kind of allergic to silver, it will weaken any werewolves by a mere touch of it. The skin that came in contact with silver will immediately burn, and our healing abilities will work slower. The longer a werewolf came in contact with silver, the weaker they will be. They will lose all of their heightened abilities and eventually be as weak as humans. Silver to werewolves was as scary as holy water to satans.
As it was pretty hard holding the handcuff and opening it while still using a cloth to overlay it, I severed the hands of the dead rogues laying on the ground and used them to touch the silver. Since they were already burned, the touch of the silver didn't cause any changes to them. I pulled the cloth, using and moving those hands as if they were my own to open the lock. After successfully opening the lock, I walked over to Leonard gleefully. 
When Leonard saw the handcuffs in my—rogues' hands, his pupils became dilated and he instantly struggled to break away from the warriors' grasp as if knowing what will happen to him. Like I said before, he will try to shift as to escape from us and that thought was deemed correct.
His body was starting to enlarge with his bones cracking here and there, claws elongated—but the transformation soon came to a halt when Jack choked him by placing his hand on his throat, "I don't like playing too many games, Leonard."
"Stop, you might end up killing him," I put the handcuffs on Leonard and he hissed to the burn, "He is the Alpha's prey, remember?" I threw the hands to the ground and kindly smiled at the man but was returned with a scowl. Geez, talk about manners.
Before leaving the place, I decided to take a look inside the place they were hiding in. Fortunately, the shacks were untouched by the fire as it was distanced away from where the rogues were gathered. Just as I stepped my feet inside their shacks, I knew that was the worst decision that I've ever taken in my whole life. The place was dirty, like terribly dirty. Countless trashes were scattered all over the place, and the floor was incredibly sticky... with God knows what. Many living or dead rats, cockroaches, flies, and many others live amongst the mess. Different kinds of poops were also there, giving a great contribution in decorating the whole place to be all the more disgusting. I looked up to the ceiling only to find numerous spider webs, also with its owner. 
My nose was giving up its job to smell as it couldn't bear the excruciating stench that came from this place. It was horrible, the worst I've ever smelt. Rotten foods, excrements, carcasses, a combination that I've never imagined I would ever smell. Cleaning was my favorite thing to do but if I have to clean this place, then I might as well die. This was such a wonderful place...
"J-Jack..." I tapped on his shoulders vehemently, "I think I'm going to faint." 
Jack didn't give a damn about me fainting and kept on walking inside, stepping on whatever on his paths. I scrunched up my face, holding my breath as I went further to the unknown. I followed behind Jack strenuously, regretting my life decision in every step I took. We better find something here—if not, then I'm going to kill Leonard for creating this fucking mess. How dare him...
While I was busy muttering curses, I finally noticed the floor was no longer covered with garbage. The wooden floor was for once clean and could be seen clearly—I repeat, it was clean!! I jerked my head up to see the room I was in, happy to at least find somewhere cleaner. Though I couldn't say it was clean, it was visibly better than before. The room was pretty much empty, only a few wooden boxes were seen laying around. 
"What is inside?" I asked Jack who had opened one of the boxes. 
Jack turned around while holding what he had picked up from the box, "Werewolves' hearts," his face was grim, jaw clenching.
I unconsciously let out a growl as I saw what was on his hands. It was the hearts of our people, the ones who they had mercilessly killed. What kind of joke is this? Why did they compile all those hearts? 
[Check all of the shacks here] I ordered my men and glanced at Jack, "We should show this to Luke." 
As Jack agreed with my suggestion, we carried all of the boxes out to take them back with us. We couldn't possibly leave them here, even with the rogues all dead. It was once what kept our people alive, what allowed us to make numerous precious memories with all those people. 
After carrying all of the boxes out, I waited for my men to finish checking out all the shacks. When they all have finished, we found a few more boxes of hearts, a few potions, and... a kid. Whose kid is this? He looked like he was no older than three years old, his clothes were battered and dirty.
"Who are you?" I asked the young boy. He hid behind the leg of the warrior who brought him out, staring at me with his innocent eyes. 
"Papa told me to not answer any question from a stranger," he answered after a few minutes of staring. I sighed, why does he have to make my job harder?
I walked over to the kid and crouched down to level with him, giving him the best smile I could afford to show at the moment. "Then, you don't have to answer me. Just nod your head if what I said is true, okay?"
He pressed his lips together and nodded his head, complying with what I've just asked him to. "Is that man over there your dad?" I pointed to Leonard who was on his knees, seemingly weak due to the silver. 
When the young boy followed my finger and saw Leonard, his eyes immediately lit up, a smile decorating his small face. Looking at his reaction, he certainly was Leonard's son. He was just going to run to Leonard before I caught him, at the same time knocking him out, "Sorry, kid." 
I handed him to one of my warriors, "Stay behind, don't let Leonard see him," I ordered. What kind of luck is this? Leonard having a kid, it was new to me. This kid must be what he was searching for before. It was fortunate that he was inside the shacks, if not, he might be dead now and we couldn't possibly use him against Leonard.
I ambled to where Leonard was, smiling at the man as if I have just found a treasure. I hunched down and patted the man on his head, "Off we go, shall we?"

"Oh! Thank you for catching that little troublemaker. Please give her back to us," said one of the guards while panting for air.

Not knowing what to do, I frantically held the man's hand and pleaded, "Please save me! They are going to hurt me! I don't want to go back!"

The man first looked at me for a couple of seconds, then at the guards. "Go," he said to the guards grimly. Surprisingly, he was on my side. I was counting on my lucky stars to ask for help from him and I was fortunate enough to earn it.

"What?" asked the guards, confused by the man's words.

"I said go... before I kill you," he threatened. I was hiding behind the man's back and couldn't see his face, but my guts told me that he meant his words.

The guards looked surprised by his words but quickly recovered from them and, instead, started to challenge the man, "We won't go before you hand us that girl."

The man sighed and said, "I warned you." After that, the man let go of my hand and turned my body around. "Don't look," he said, before starting to walk towards the guards. 

Every step he took exuded confidence, and he was not the least scared of the guards who were armed with swords when he himself had nothing but his bare hands.

I closed my eyes even with my back towards them and heard one of the guards scream trying to attack the man. No longer after that, the only sound that I could hear was something like... bones breaking.

A few moments later, it was completely silent. Is he done? The silence was soon broken by footsteps that I assumed were getting closer to where I was. Is this the footsteps of the man or the guards? That was the question that popped up in my mind.

I was ready to run, but before I could proceed to do that, two strong arms gripped both of my shoulders, turning my body around. I nervously opened my eyes to find a pair of red eyes staring softly at me.

"Are you okay?"

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One of them, a handsome man, probably not older than twenty, had one of his arms flailing uselessly to his side, and a gruff-looking expression on his face. Vexed. His robes were sky blue colored and were ripped in several places. He seemed to be indigent to what just occurred to him.
The other was a girl, also probably of the same age, a young woman that even when dirt and scum had covered most of her robes and face, she exuded a beauty that no woman I have ever seen had.
I was only able to see her for a few seconds, but it almost lasted a lifetime, her eyes were bright, even in such a desperate situation she seemed to be defiant, her face had porcelain white skin, and the rest of her hourglass body only made one wish to greedily have this woman for themselves.
I shook my head, perhaps this was a cultivator's charm, or perhaps this is the difference between a mortal and an immortal. Cultivators had more means to gain beauty than normal mortals and this one was, even if an unparalleled beauty, compared to many others she would look plain. Still, I had no business with these two.
"Miss Yan! Look!" spoke the man his eyes immediately changed to hostility.
"Let's use him as a distraction," he said then threw something small and round at my feet.
A pill?
It immediately blew up and smoke came out of it. It stank.
"What are you doing!" the girl shouted and stopped. The boy also stopped and shouted back "Move miss Yan! We'll die at this rate, it's our best chance, let the Boar King waste time on this abomination, we're better off escaping!"
"You're endangering the lives of others for your escape, that's not the way of our sect!"
"Miss Yan, a genius such as yourself cannot die in this place. We have to leave now, we can amend our mistakes later, but surviving now is our top priority!"
"I will not let an innocent man die for my sake!" The woman shouted.
"What innocence! Don't you see what he is?! Such abomination is the punishment of heaven, he must have been turned to such creature due to his evil deeds, this is heaven's way of using us to slay the wicked!"
"Hey, you've been rambling your mouth for a while now, what's going on? And why'd you throw a stink bomb at me?"
"Stinkbomb? This commoner knows not even of the monster luring pill! Miss Yan, let's go! There is no time to waste!"
Before the girl could even speak, the trees behind me parted revealing a gigantic boar. The size of him was large enough that an elephant would barely make it to its knees.
It had tusks as big as a boat's mast and its fur looked like it was made of rapiers instead of hair.
The boar sniffed at the air and took note of me.
"Ah, shit…" I cursed.
"I can't allow a man to die due to our carelessness!" the girl said and put her weight on her sword. The sword flew toward me but the boar was about to attack, there was no way for me to survive this hit.
I immediately placed two fingers under my lips and spat out "Poison Breath!"
Green smoke shot out from my mouth shaped like an arrow then entered right throw the boar's open mouth.
The boar's attack halted mid-strike and the creature squealed like a pig in a slaughterhouse.
The creature began jerking as I moved back and away from the enraged creature. It began bleeding from all of its orifices then fell. Spasming, shaking, and shuddering.
The boar died in less than a heartbeat, and with it came a sobering reality.
I was powerful enough to survive a creature that caused such damage to these cultivators, but I knew that I was not strong enough to survive an attack from them. A single sword slash or even a projectile attack from any of them would mean my death. I needed not show my weakness here.
"Oh, it's dead already? Damn, and I even held back a little." I muttered under my breath; this was of course on purpose.
Acting up all mysterious is the best way to make people wary of you.
The kid seeing this immediately came to me. Stood in front of me and held both of his hands in greeting, even if one of them was broken, which was painful. He shook and shuddered as he bowed his head saying "S-Senior! Junior apologizes for his misbehavior!"
"Aigoo, no worries," I said as I shook my hand at his face.
"But really what are two young kids like you doing here?" I asked. I needed knowledge, and the best source of knowledge was a person in your debt.
"If Senior wishes to know, we are disciples of the Sword Spirit Sect." the woman named Yan spoke. "I'm Yan Song, daughter of Zhang Song, a great elder of the Spirit Sword Sect."
"What about you?" I asked the kid.
"I-I'm Lu Zaifeng, I'm an inner disciple of the Spirit Sword Sect, and have come with miss Yu for a mission of our sect."
"I suppose the mission was interrupted by this little pig?" I spoke back.
I didn't need to be a mind reader to know what the two were thinking right now as they looked at each other.
'Little pig? That dangerous monster is just a little pig for this man? Who is he? He must be some powerful figure! But his cultivation looks so weak. Still, we can't afford to mess with him. Also, he is a poison cultivator. We need to be wary 'or something of the sorts.
"Oh, good to know."
"Could I be so rude to ask who senior is?" Zaifeng asked.
"Me? I'm just a small-time rogue cultivator, no need to worry about me. So what do you want with this little piggy?" I further cemented my superiority with my words.
"Yes, we were tasked to retrieve a third-order demon core. Until this wild boar king showed up. The Boar King as you must know is the fourth Order, and we can't beat this with our weak Core Formation cultivation level."
"Huh, is that so," I replied and pulled out the core I obtained from the leopard.
"That's a third-order core!" replied the kid.
"You want it?"
"No! we can't take it, we have burdened senior enough!" replied the girl.
"Y-yes, Miss Yan is correct, we would be rude. We'll try and find one ourselves."
"You're in no shape or form to beat a Third Order. Just take it," I said as I threw the core toward the kid.
"Now, if you could… leave, that would be…"
"Yes senior, junior will not forget your kindness!" the kid then drew something out of a pouch he had on the side. It looked quite similar to the pouches those other cultivators had.
It was a token.
I frowned as I looked at the token, this was a countermeasure for something I hoped wouldn't be true.
The kid immediately hesitated and said, "I'm sorry, I pulled out the wrong token! He then handed me another one, quite similar to the first," bowed and said, "Please, whenever you visit Our sect, just show this to anyone and I'll be informed of your presence."
"A guest,"
"Yes, an honored guest at our sect." the kid said and stood up.
"Thank you senior for your benevolence!" the girl said and the two of them took to the skies.
"Well, that went well. I said as I hid the token under my clothes. I needed a way to open those pouches I got from those cultivators at the Poison God's cave.
I sighed and headed to the boar's carcass. There was green energy slowly eating away at the remains of the boar, and if it is the same as what happened to the leopard, I'm sure I'll be able to consume it and heal a little bit.
***
"What happened there?" Yan asked.
"I have no idea, I'm still trying to figure it out," replied Zaifeng.
"That man, clearly looked far weaker than us, and he said we were disturbing his cultivation? What a lame excuse."
"You're right, this place is barren of spiritual Qi, what could he be doing there?" she asked again.
"I don't know, he looked like he was in Qi condensation level. But to survive in this forest and especially at the rims of the demon mountain. One would need to be at least at the upper levels of Core Formation or lesser Nascent Soul level. How is he managing if he had such a low cultivation level?"
"I don't know, but didn't our master say that there are always higher mountain and steeper seas? He could be an Old Monster you know."
"True, the way he spoke, how eccentric he was, and how carefree he looked in such a dire and dangerous situation suggests that he is an Old Monster. But we have no proof of it."
"Why did you change the token?" she asked.
"At first, I was cautious, I thought he could be just a sheep wearing a tiger's skin. But it appears that it was the opposite."
"You mean the way he gazed at you?"
"Yes, at first, I wanted to give him a token with a tracker, so I could monitor his whereabouts, but the way he looked at me gave me the creeps, I felt like if I were to hand it to him, I would insult him and nothing good comes out of that when dealing with mysterious people, there was a good chance that he was faking it too but…"
"Yeah, on the off chance he is not, and especially of how he handled that boar, thankfully we didn't cross him."
"Yes, this is a sobering experience, Miss Yan."
"I'll take note of it, Brother Zaifeng." The girl replied and the two disappeared in the distance.
***

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